Leg spinner Amit Mishra today cast his spell at the Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium as India defeated New Zealand by a huge margin of 190 runs in the final ODI, thereby clinching the five-match series 3-2.

Chasing a stiff target of 270, the Black Caps bowed before the Indian bowlers, especially before Mishra who bullied them with a 5-wicket haul and eventually bundle out the visitors for an embarrassing 79 in just 23.1 overs.

Apart from the leg-spinner, Axar Patel took two wickets while Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Jayant Yadav chipped in with a wicket each.

The innings of the Kiwis just went down like a pack of cards. Such was a sorry tale of a rather promising New Zealand batting line-up that only three of its batsmen could reach the double digits-scores.

Earlier opting to bat first, the Men in Blue reached up to 269-6 in their stipulated 50 overs thanks to half-centuries from Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli and the slog-overs enterprise of Jadhav and Patel.

Sharma (70) fell after putting on 79 with Kohli (65) at over a run a ball, and skipper MS Dhoni was just beginning to get into gear when he was dismissed after a 71-run third-wicket stand with Kohli.

The game could have gone either way when Kohli fell to leave India 220 for 5 in the 44th over, but Jadhav and Axar added 46 in 39 balls to give the hosts what seemed a slight edge at the innings break.

Amit Mishra was awarded the Man of the Match and the Man of the Series award for his stupendous and classical display of leg-spin bowling during which he scalped 15 wickets.

"It's a good thing for the Indian team that I performed well. I was a little tensed for the first two overs, but once the ball started turning, I got wickets. I followed the tips given by head coach Anil Kumble. I had a word with Anil Bhai before the match and he asked me to bowl my normal flighted deliveries," he said during the post match presentation.

"Axar has been bowling well. I just want to say that if we continue like this, it will be good for the team. All the credit goes to the coaches and my teammates," he added.